Story Of English
 This is a companion to the PBS television series.: After watching the series it is fun to see the information in print. Just about everything you ever wanted to know about the English Language is in this book. There are newer and older references but [... more]
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Parables of the Vineyard
Fine Wine: Once again Pamela Reeve has combined stunning photography with thought provoking text. Do you know how many of the 50 to 70 grapevine offshoots are kept each year? Neither did I, but knowing it now helps me keep the trials and tribulations of [... more]
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From Gaia to Selfish Genes: Selected Writings in the ...
From planetary entity to mighty molecules: Few scientific ideas have gained as much interest and acclaim as James Lovelock's suggestion of Gaia - the entire Earth views as a single organism. Connie Barlow's own reaction is as good an example as any, [... more]
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The Glory of Titletown: The Classic Green Bay Packers ...
From Amazon.com: One of the unexpected offshoots of a championship season is that the history of the winners become interesting again. Of course, the Packers' past is long and storied; that Vernon Biever has been there to record it with his camera for [... more]
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The New Believers: Sects, 'Cults' and Alternative Religions
From Amazon.co.uk: "New" religions are as old as time. Every period of history has produced a crop of cults with their messiahs, faith healers, charlatans, gurus, preachers and prophets. The human religious impulse almost demands that such [... more]
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Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
Evolution-- a history of delusion: This is a well-done and very succint history of the theory of evolution, or at least, Darwin's theory, from the eighteenth century to the present. Even a critic of Darwinism might find it interesting as far as it goes. [... more]
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The Secret of Islam: Love and Law in the Religion of Ethics
Compelling introduction to Islam: Henry Bayman has done a remarkable job explaining the core teachings of Islam. He explores the principles of love and social justice which have held together the Muslim community for over 1400 years, and reveals how [... more]
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Female Trouble
From Amazon.com: John Waters expands the definition of female trouble in this mutant tribute to good-girl-gone-bad drive-in melodramas. The girl is, of course, cross-dressing cult icon Divine, Waters's plus-sized muse. Divine is at her most gleefully [... more]
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Jehovah's Witnesses: A Comprehensive and Selectively ...
Kudos to Dr. Bergman: To paraphrase with parenthesis the author of Ecclesiastes: 'to the making of books (by and about Jehovah's Witnesses) there is no end". A bewildering array of literature exists, for and against this extremely active religious [... more]
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History Of Rock N Roll: V1-10
NOT the excellent PBS series "Rock & Roll": In 1995, two -- count 'em -- TWO ten-part TV series on the history of rock and roll were broadcast: the superb "Rock & Roll" on PBS, and this one in syndication. Unfortunately, this [... more]
CDN$49.98
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Armed Struggle: The History of the IRA
A Book that "Fills the Gaps": This is by far one of the best books that I have read on The Troubles. English, an Irish Protestant raised in England, doesn't just write a 'history' of the events of those years, but he also writes the book in a [... more]
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Skeptical Odysseys
Statements and views of the leading skeptics of the world: Paul Kurtz edits Skeptical Odysseys, a vivid collection of personal accounts by the world's paranormal inquirers. This gathers the personal statements and views of the leading skeptics of the [... more]
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